The shock was visible in his eyes when he heard a voice.

"Is it here? I don't find any people here other than him".

Eros speaks "It's here, Your Majesty".

Maya nods and jumps from Eros.

THUD!

She lands on the ground firmly and walks ahead towards the broken door leaving Eros in a safe distance.

As soon as she sees the man's face, she points at him in disbelief "You! W-Why are you here?"

Kalki stands still while Maya walked and got startled by his presence.

Maya looks him still from head to toe "How are you-"

'How is he here? Didn't he leave to the Western Realm?! How can he be everywhere?!'

Kalki was looking down in serious thoughts as he needed someone's help to nail the wooden planks against the breaking door. If he leaves the door now, it might break and will cause other doors to collapse.

He is almost startled by Maya's shocked voice but didn't show it out.

'Now this woman can't even see?'

Moreover, he is surprised by her presence at this place and at this moment when he required some dire help to save his people from dying.

Yet he rebukes her flatly "I don't need a reason to be in my country".

Maya "..." This thing!

Kalki declares straight as there is no time to waste "Hold this while I-"

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Kalki "...."

He asks "Then why are you here?"

She answers calmly "I never seen a dam breaking".

"..."

He speaks irked "It's not time to play-"

She rolls her eyes "I will get sick if the cold water drenches me. And also I am not hurting myself to hold that thing. If that's what you are expecting from me".

If he wasn't here, she might have decided to hurt herself at some point but in front of him, she doesn't want to care much. He didn't even request her! He ordered her straightly!

Kalki looks at her blankly as he was more than speechless hearing her reason.

He hisses frustrated "Woman. It's about the lives of my people".

She shrugs "But I don't like getting sick again. I am tired of lying unconscious in midst of dangerous people. Especially in your chamber. And certain someone ordered me to fight a battle too. I can't be unwell at this crucial time, can I?".

He grits his teeth as she reasoned herself.

Maya laughs in her heart as she saw him getting irked.

Why work hard when he is there to do that? 

She speaks with a sweet smile as if she is the kindest person alive in this whole universe "I can help you with anything else if it doesn't trouble me much".

"...."

He glares her "I can still kill that newfound audacity of yours!"

She smirks "Newfound?"

He scoffs sarcastically "You were trembling just by hearing about me till a few days back and I still remember how you screamed when I threw the fire on you".

Maya "..."

She clears her throat and looks back at Eros. She sighs relaxed as Eros couldn't have heard him from this distance.

Kalki notices her and frowns as he finds her actions weird.

He shakes his head and declares "If I don't repair this door the whole village-"

Maya tilts her head and declares suddenly in a serious tone looking the door behind him "What should we do?"

It contrasts her previous attitude. It felt like she is a different person now.

She is done with irking him as she notices the cracks on the door deepening.

Kalki speaks "I can't move an inch from here. If I don't repair this door soon-"

She continues for him "The other doors will collapse due to the pressure. I noticed it but what should I do now to stop this?'"

Kalki decides to ignore this sudden seriousness of hers as he needs to save his people "Should add the support by nailing some wood planks-"

Before he could finish, Maya looks around mumbling hurriedly "Wood...Where are-"

She finds them in a distance and points "There!"

Kalki nods "Can you hold this?-"

She turns before walking away and asks sarcastically "Why would I? I can't get drenched by that cold water-"

He states helplessly as she is not getting his point "This can't be stopped by holding this door forever-"

He felt like both were talking different languages. He couldn't understand why would she not help him nail the wood! She should hold it when he nails it anyway! He couldn't understand her pointless stubbornness!

Maya shrugs blankly "Who said that? I will bring them and you just hold on till I nail the wood".

Kalki "...." She would do what?

She runs towards the pile of wood planks and drags them one by one silently. He is watching her keenly as he couldn't believe she is doing what she said. He notices her struggling to drag them and couldn't miss the way she gritting her teeth to bear it.

"Where?"

He forwards his hand where the plank to be placed. Maya lifts the wood over her shoulder to place it against the door. And Kalki holds the plank subconsciously to support her while holding the door single-handedly. He points his head beside her "Nail it! The hammer is-"

Maya grabs it in next moment and announces "Here! I saw it!"

Kalki almost smiled seeing her hasty movements.

She starts nailing the plank and drags the next wood to nail it across the door.

Kalki couldn't help wonder 'How is she doing this? She looks quite skilful. Just what was she doing in her country and how many skills she has?'

He recalls Alex's words.

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Before Kalki came to The Countryside Village.

Alex turns towards Kalki while both were riding their horses towards the Western Realm.

"About that girl..."

Kalki is unbothered and watching ahead.

Alex smiles "That wife of yours knows".

Kalki looks at him. 

Knows what?

He shrugs awkwardly "I told her I hate working for you. But she kept insisting to not believe me. Everyone believes my lies but she doesn't".

Alex mutters happily "She is...interesting".

"She is annoying".